How to move a file/directory in Linux with Example

We can move file or directory from one location to another location in Linux using mv command . This command can also be used to rename the file or directory also.This is a quite a useful command.

mv – move files(s) /dirs

Options: – -f   mv will move the file(s) without prompting even if it is writing over an existing target. -i   mv will prompt for confirmation whenever the  move would  overwrite  an  existing  target -b mv will take backup before overwriting -n mv will not overwrite the file if it exists

Examples

moves f1.txt to f2.txt, if f2.txt exists prompts for confirmation
mv –i f1.txt f2.txt

moves f1.txt to f2.txt, if f2.txt exists ,it just overwrite without prompting
mv –f f1.txt f2.txt

moves f1.txt to f2.txt, if f2.txt exists ,then backup is taken
mv -b f1.txt f2.txt

moves f1.txt to f2.txt, if f2.txt exists ,then backup is taken with suffix .bak
mv -b --suffix=.bak f1.txt f2.txt

moves f1.txt to f2.txt, if f2.txt exists ,move does not happen
mv -n f1.txt f2.txt

move file1 to dest directory
mv file1 dest

moves file1 to 3 to dst_directory
mv file1 file2 file3 dest_directory

moves directory app and all its subdirectories files to /u000 directory
mv app /u000

moves f1.txt to f2.txt in the directory oracle
mv f1.txt oracle/f2.txt

You can get all the option of linux mv command using command

man mv

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